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This book examines how Western naturalists and missionaries understood the environment of Madagascar during the nineteenth century.
This book examines how Western naturalists and missionaries understood the environment of Madagascar during the nineteenth century.
Über den Autor
By Thomas Anderson
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Chapter One Introduction
Environmental Origins
Malagasy Origins
Framework of the Book
Chapter Two Seeking the Strange
The Tropical Eden and a Scientific Turn
Exploration and the Malagasy
The Man-Eating Tree and Scientific Discovery
Finding the Strange
Legitimizing Folklore
Conclusion
Chapter Three Interpreting the Strange: Global Scientific Theories
The Case of the Aepyornis
Normalizing Fauna
From Lemuria to Biogeography
Conclusion
Chapter Four The Scientific Community of the LMS
Protestant Missionaries as Naturalists
The Antananarivo Annual and the Scientific Community
A Global and Scientific Audience
Conclusion
Chapter Five Defining the Malagasy: Language and Race on Madagascar
Language as a Civilizing Tool
Differentiating the Malagasy
Missionary Experiences
Spreading the Racial Word
The Slave Trade and the Merina Kingdom
Conclusion
Chapter Six Redefining the Environment
The Tropical Becomes Familiar
Wresting Control from the Malagasy
Reshaping the Environment
A Plantation Once More
Conclusion
Chapter Seven A French Colonial World
Creating a Colony
The Creation of Forest Reserves
A New Scientific Madagascar
Conclusion
Environmental Origins
Malagasy Origins
Framework of the Book
Chapter Two Seeking the Strange
The Tropical Eden and a Scientific Turn
Exploration and the Malagasy
The Man-Eating Tree and Scientific Discovery
Finding the Strange
Legitimizing Folklore
Conclusion
Chapter Three Interpreting the Strange: Global Scientific Theories
The Case of the Aepyornis
Normalizing Fauna
From Lemuria to Biogeography
Conclusion
Chapter Four The Scientific Community of the LMS
Protestant Missionaries as Naturalists
The Antananarivo Annual and the Scientific Community
A Global and Scientific Audience
Conclusion
Chapter Five Defining the Malagasy: Language and Race on Madagascar
Language as a Civilizing Tool
Differentiating the Malagasy
Missionary Experiences
Spreading the Racial Word
The Slave Trade and the Merina Kingdom
Conclusion
Chapter Six Redefining the Environment
The Tropical Becomes Familiar
Wresting Control from the Malagasy
Reshaping the Environment
A Plantation Once More
Conclusion
Chapter Seven A French Colonial World
Creating a Colony
The Creation of Forest Reserves
A New Scientific Madagascar
Conclusion
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2018 |
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Genre: | Importe, Politikwissenschaften |
Rubrik: | Wissenschaften |
Medium: | Buch |
ISBN-13: | 9781498576055 |
ISBN-10: | 1498576052 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Gebunden |
Autor: | Anderson, Thomas |
Hersteller: | Lexington Books |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
Maße: | 235 x 157 x 18 mm |
Von/Mit: | Thomas Anderson |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 15.10.2018 |
Gewicht: | 0,518 kg |
Über den Autor
By Thomas Anderson
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Chapter One Introduction
Environmental Origins
Malagasy Origins
Framework of the Book
Chapter Two Seeking the Strange
The Tropical Eden and a Scientific Turn
Exploration and the Malagasy
The Man-Eating Tree and Scientific Discovery
Finding the Strange
Legitimizing Folklore
Conclusion
Chapter Three Interpreting the Strange: Global Scientific Theories
The Case of the Aepyornis
Normalizing Fauna
From Lemuria to Biogeography
Conclusion
Chapter Four The Scientific Community of the LMS
Protestant Missionaries as Naturalists
The Antananarivo Annual and the Scientific Community
A Global and Scientific Audience
Conclusion
Chapter Five Defining the Malagasy: Language and Race on Madagascar
Language as a Civilizing Tool
Differentiating the Malagasy
Missionary Experiences
Spreading the Racial Word
The Slave Trade and the Merina Kingdom
Conclusion
Chapter Six Redefining the Environment
The Tropical Becomes Familiar
Wresting Control from the Malagasy
Reshaping the Environment
A Plantation Once More
Conclusion
Chapter Seven A French Colonial World
Creating a Colony
The Creation of Forest Reserves
A New Scientific Madagascar
Conclusion
Environmental Origins
Malagasy Origins
Framework of the Book
Chapter Two Seeking the Strange
The Tropical Eden and a Scientific Turn
Exploration and the Malagasy
The Man-Eating Tree and Scientific Discovery
Finding the Strange
Legitimizing Folklore
Conclusion
Chapter Three Interpreting the Strange: Global Scientific Theories
The Case of the Aepyornis
Normalizing Fauna
From Lemuria to Biogeography
Conclusion
Chapter Four The Scientific Community of the LMS
Protestant Missionaries as Naturalists
The Antananarivo Annual and the Scientific Community
A Global and Scientific Audience
Conclusion
Chapter Five Defining the Malagasy: Language and Race on Madagascar
Language as a Civilizing Tool
Differentiating the Malagasy
Missionary Experiences
Spreading the Racial Word
The Slave Trade and the Merina Kingdom
Conclusion
Chapter Six Redefining the Environment
The Tropical Becomes Familiar
Wresting Control from the Malagasy
Reshaping the Environment
A Plantation Once More
Conclusion
Chapter Seven A French Colonial World
Creating a Colony
The Creation of Forest Reserves
A New Scientific Madagascar
Conclusion
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2018 |
---|---|
Genre: | Importe, Politikwissenschaften |
Rubrik: | Wissenschaften |
Medium: | Buch |
ISBN-13: | 9781498576055 |
ISBN-10: | 1498576052 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Gebunden |
Autor: | Anderson, Thomas |
Hersteller: | Lexington Books |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
Maße: | 235 x 157 x 18 mm |
Von/Mit: | Thomas Anderson |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 15.10.2018 |
Gewicht: | 0,518 kg |
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